A - Western Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances in games played on Thursday and Friday (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
Banyan Johnston Turns in Season-Best Performance
Columbia Falls was led to victory by Banyan Johnston, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Johnston threw for 166 yards and four touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes, and also rushed for 54 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries.
The victory was the third in a row for Columbia Falls, bringing their record for this year to 4-2. Johnston and Columbia Falls will host Bigfork at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 47.62
Austin Savik's Rushing Yards a New Career-High
Bigfork was led to victory by Austin Savik, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Savik picked up 100 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 64 yards and a touchdown, good enough to set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process. He showed off some serious burst, cutting through the defense on one rush that went for 64 yards.
On the season, Savik has caught 7 touchdowns while averaging 68 receiving yards per game. He's made a big improvement compared to last season: at this point last year, he was only averaging 19.43 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 39.65
Treker Hickey's Big Game Leads Bigfork over Browning
Keeping Savik company is Treker Hickey, a fellow Bigfork player. He rushed for 93 yards and three touchdowns on only ten carries.
This year, Hickey has run in 7 touchdowns while averaging 91 rushing yards per game.
Gamescore: 38.60
Jackson Lubke Goes Supernova in Hamilton Defeat
Hamilton had to settle for second on Thursday, but Jackson Lubke sure wasn't going down easily. Despite the loss, Lubke was still balling out as he picked up 85 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
This year, Lubke has caught 5 touchdowns while averaging 76 receiving yards per game. He is looking even better than he did last year: after six games last season, he was only averaging 1.83 receiving yards per game.
Gamescore: 38.25
A Season-Best Performance from Cole Schmit Leads Bigfork over Browning
Cole Schmit produced his most outstanding game to date while leading Bigfork to the win on Friday. Schmit threw for 132 yards and three touchdowns while completing 83.3% of his passes, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground.
On the year, Schmit has thrown 18 touchdowns while averaging 168 passing yards per game. It gets even more impressive: after seven games last season, he was only averaging 0.14 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging nine rushing yards.
Gamescore: 31.60
Other Notable Players
- Kolby Finley: 75 yards passing; 56 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 26.95)
- Jake Forthofer: 73 yards rushing, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 26.45)
- Tayden West: 1 TD ; 63 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 25.87)
- Easton Brooks: 74 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 24.07)
- Carson Gulick: 83 yards passing; 55 yards rushing (Gamescore: 20.63)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
